Moving in time to musical rhythm is so automatic that people are often not conscious of the exquisite coordination that it demands.

A three-year-old consortium has finally filled in that remaining DNA, providing the first complete, gapless genome sequence.

A global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and other microbial life on Earth, is entering a new phase.

Humans’ oldest companion, the dog, was first domesticated at least 20,000 years ago. The ancient dogs were an essential part of life.

To accelerate discoveries for cancer patients, we need new ways to bring together the different types of complex data we generate.

Today, more than 10 percent of all global marriages occur among first or second cousins. Ancient humans rarely chose their cousins as mates.

An international team of scientists says it has sequenced and assembled the entirety of the human genome, including parts that were missed